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One page a day.

The words The daily report beside a report window with three short headings and lines under each.

One short report a day from your agents: what moved, what waits on you, what is stuck. Written from the record, not from memory.

One report beats ten status pings

You do not need to ask each agent how it is going. Have the crew write one report a day and read that. One page, in the same shape every time.

Three headings

Keep the headings the same so you can read it fast.

  • Moved. What got finished since the last report.
  • Waiting on you. What needs your yes or your decision.
  • Stuck. What cannot move, and what it is waiting for.

Build it from the record

An agent asked what it did will answer from memory, and memory drifts. Build the report from the written record instead, so every line points to something that happened. See the activity log.

List what exists

Under Moved, list what exists now that did not before. If you cannot point to it, leave it out.

Same page, same time

Send it at the same time each day so you know when to look. Put it on a timer rather than asking for it by hand. See scheduling agent tasks.

Act on Waiting first

Read the Waiting list before anything else. It is the part only you can move. See the approval workflow. If Waiting is empty and Stuck is empty, you are done for the day.

Check it: a made up report

  • Moved: the weekly summary draft is finished and saved.
  • Waiting on you: the draft needs your yes before it goes out.
  • Stuck: the second source is not available yet.

One page. Three headings. Read it once.

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How does an agent prove it fixed something?
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